Thoughts from Sidi Bou Said

My Egyptian background has made immersion in North Africa very interesting. It’s given a convenient benchmarking tool for things like cultural traditions and food preferences, or even economic, historical and political profiles, like the role of each country’s respective militaries in the region’s decolonization experiences. Fortunately Egypt’s dialect, understood acrossRead More

Lauder Podcast 35: Dr. James McGann

Dr. James McGann, the new Senior Lecturer of International Studies at the Lauder Institute and Director of Think Tanks and Civil Societies program at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses his new role at the Lauder Institute. Direct Download

The Three Immersions

Everyone who knows about Lauder, is in Lauder, or has experienced Lauder holds one unequivocal truth: the overseas summer immersion is a transformational experience in which the individual is transformed by an improved understanding of a country’s and language’s culture. In two words? Immersion rocks. It is however just nowRead More

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